Chamber and committees

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

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Meeting Agenda

16th Meeting, 2025

• Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
• Start time: 08:30am
• Published: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 09:14am

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1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

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2 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/124) and the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Local Reviews) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/126) from—

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Witnesses

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, Scottish Government

Thomas Barratt, Head of Development Management, Scottish Government

Scott Ferrie, Deputy Director, Chief Report Planning Environmental Appeals, Scottish Government

Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, Scottish Government

Chris Sinclair, Policy Manager, Scottish Government

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PublicPaper1 posted 22/05/2025 (Ref: LGHP/S6/25/16/1, 252KB, pdf)

LGHP/S6/25/16/2(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Town and Country Planning (Fees for Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/124)

Town and Country Planning (Fees for Local Reviews) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/126)

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4 Housing (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 5).

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5 Annual report

The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 12 May 2024 to 13 May 2025.

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LGHP/S6/25/16/3(P) (Private Paper)

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